Ronnie is so Sweet

Ronnie has been taking care of our posts lately...I have been very busy and fighting a cold. Anyway on Valentines Day Ronnie gave me these roses. He is so sweet. He brought white roses for each of our family members and a yellow one for our "little China girl" I cannot wait until she is our "Little Yellow Rose of TEXAS"

Adoption Update

We have finalized and submitted all of our paperwork for the new I171H, which is a form that we have to submit to the American Consulate in Guangzhou China in order to be issued a Visa to bring our new daughter into the United States. We first filed for this in August of 2005, not even thinking that it would expire before we were matched with our little girl. This form is necessary to submit your dossier to the China Center of Adoption Affairs and is valid for 18 months. Ours will expire next month. When we first submitted our paperwork to China the wait was about 6 to 8 months to be united with your child. As of March 9, 2007 we have been waiting 15 months.

God is faithful and has helped us through this extended wait time. It has been very difficult. I believe the uncertainty was the hardest. Each month when the matches are sent to the agencies we get a little bit closer. One good thing about adopting from China is that they have a very organized program and when they get to our Log In Date (December 9, 2005) they will match us up with a little girl. I believe that she is already chosen for us by our Heavenly Father. To all our friends and family who have prayed for us and for her during the past couple of years we want to say "Thank You" and please continue to pray. We still have a long way to go (literally) and hope you will continue to pray.

Becky